All licensed repair workshops need to have at least one trade-qualified mechanic (Cert III in Automotive Repair). If they wish to do any repair work on a customers EV, they need to also have at least AURETH101 on their records. More detailed work (like replacing a battery, motor and drive, HVAC ...
Things like the inductive loop caused by the cables are just utter crap. In some inverters, the fix for display glitches is to redress the wires to minimise inductive coupling.
At high currents, inductive coupling would be a real thing. The efficiency would not be materially affected, true, but ...
My house is fully electric and the carport had a PHEV and EV. During the last 5 years I exported 10x what I imported. Between my solar, battery, and government handouts, I haven't paid an energy bill since before 2019. By the time the supply charge finally eroded down the credit from COVID another ...
I agree with coulomb , if you can connect and it's only SoC you are having trouble with it's not going to be the Bluetooth adapter. More likely a software issue than hardware (assuming the jaycar unit is actually an ELM327 and not a clone). Personally, I use the Vgate adapter. It's a middle of the ...
That looks fine to me. We used to have to straighten bent condensers all the time. As long as the pipes/tubes haven't been nicked, lay it on some cardboard, throw another piece on top and stand on it.
Definitely worth doing. I actually noticed my inverter was de-rating on warmer days. Sometimes to less than 3kW as it's max output. I've done a similar mod to you but just threw 4 fans on top blowing down through the fins on the back. Not optimal for air flow and cooling but no mounting brackets ...
I used to enjoy the Munro videos but lately they have been full of poor judgement and even flat out ignorance. Things like the inductive loop caused by the cables are just utter crap. Even if it were true, the efficiency losses would be incalculable. They don't even know what the ground strap is for ...
Hoses are pre-crimped and look professional! @brendon_m Do you think they will pass inspection?
They'll be fine. Make sure you lubricate the o rings before assembly with the correct Aircon oil. You can probably get a smear out of the compressor. On that note, also confirm there is oil in the ...
I even tried using the big hydraulic crimper for making the hydraulic hoses when I worked for the crane mob, the crimps were probably stronger, but they didn't look the same so they wouldn't accept them ..... a very closed shop affair when dealing with these people I found
I bought it for the battery but ended sorting it out its gremlins and drove it around for a few years as my daily driver. One of the windings in the motor started to give out so I had to take it off the road to fix and bought an I-miev to drive around while ...
Faulty cell possibly caused by the BMS but more likely the cell itself. It was sitting 0.3V lower than the rest.
My colleague found the glue holding the modules down goes soft at about 55°C. We tried using a heat gun at the time but we were too scared of damaging the cells so didn't apply too much ...
Screenshot_20241028-192157.png The modules are glued down to the cooling plate. The cooling plate was not only screwed down but also had nutserts going through it that also clamped it to the case. Ended up having to flip the battery over and drill holes in the plate in order to mount shackles so ...
Had the pleasure of stripping a GWM ORA battery today, no video but I did get some photos
Screenshot_20241028-185832.png Came in quite a large box but the battery insde was (relatively) small. The packaging had CATL written all over it so I'm guessing they are the cell manufacturers. The lid ...
Mitsubishi calls it's CVT a ONE SPEED........seems like CVT is a description best avoided.
The Outlander PHEV actually is a one speed box. When the motor is driving the wheels it's coupled through a clutch and single gear set. That's why the motor only drives the wheels directly at speeds over ...
Might be too hard/expensive to implement but what about a power meter so the actual power being delivered can be displayed? Show that even when plugged into a 22kW EVSE you might only get 7kW (or even 3.6kW!) because of limitations on the car